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From First Page To HEA

3 stars, East Asian, Multicultural, Review

The Bride Test By Helen Hoang

August 24, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★ | 320 pages | Berkley| Contemporary Romance | 05/07/19 | For 23-year-old hotel maid, Esme what started out as just another day at work trying to support her mother and young daughter quickly turns into the proposition of a lifetime after a chance encounter with a matchmaking Vietnamese-American businesswoman looking for a bride for herRead the Post

3 stars, Contemporary, Review, Romantic Elements

The Matchmaker’s List by Sonya Lalli

July 9, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rating:★★★ | 352 pages | Contemporary | Berkley Romance | Release Date: 2/5/2019 29-year-old Indian-Canadian Raina has met every expectation of a good Indian girl–except marriage. Raina’s secretly nursing a broken heart and isn’t ready for marriage but reluctantly agrees to let her grandmother start matchmaking. Thematically I liked this book. It’s about a womanRead the Post

3 stars, Review

I Am Justice by Diana Muñoz Stewart

July 7, 2019 Leave a Comment

  Content Warning: Rape and Sexual Abuse of Minors, Human Trafficking, Infanticide Rating: ★★★ | 359 pages | Romantic Suspense  | Sourcebooks Casablanca | 5/1/2018 As far as the public knows, Mukta Parish uses her immense wealth and power to run her foundation and an elite private school for girls. In reality, the school is a coverRead the Post

1 star, 3 stars, 4 stars, Contemporary, LGBTQIA, Review

Mixtape: A Love Song Anthology edited by Laurelin Paige

April 13, 2019 Leave a Comment

I 1-click a lot of .99 romance anthologies…but I don’t ever seem to read them. When I saw my pre-order for Mixtape pop up I decided to sit down and read the anthology cover to cover. In this anthology each short story is based around a song; there were a lot of bops but alsoRead the Post

3 stars, Paranormal, Review

Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh

January 24, 2019 Leave a Comment

  Rating: ★★★ | 356 pages | Paranormal Romance | Berkley | Release Date: 9/1/2006 I’ve been hearing about this series for years and when my book club picked it I finally got the change to learn all about the Psy-Changelings….which I totally thought was the name of one race of people but turns out it isRead the Post

3 stars, Historical, Review

The Duke That I Marry by Cathy Maxwell

December 28, 2018 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★ | 352 pages | Avon | Historical | Spinster Heiresses #3 |  Release Date: 11/27/2018 Miss Willa Reverly, the last spinster heiress, is tying the knot and she’s got the prize of the season–Matthew Addison, the recently named Duke of Camberly. Their arranged marriage is a solution to financial and status problems for their respective families but theyRead the Post

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